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The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, also known as the Fate Symphony (German: Schicksalssinfonie), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1804 and 1808. It is one of the best-known compositions in classical music and one of the most frequently played symphonies, [1] and it is widely considered one of the cornerstones of western music.
In fact the first recording of Beethoven's "Fifth" was three years earlier, by Friedrich Kark and the Odeon Symphony Orchestra in Berlin in 1910. [2] Both the Kark and Nikisch recordings were cut in performance and the first fully and wholly complete recording of Beethoven's Fifth was only made by Albert Coates around 1920.
Beethoven's Fifth is also historically important: it established the pattern of what later became known as the "finale symphony", i.e. a symphony whose finale assumes a level of importance at least as great as the other movements, if not greater.
The hand-copied parts used for the premiere of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. They include corrections hand-entered by the composer, and are on display in the Lobkowitz family museum in Prague. By all accounts, the execution of the music was inferior. One review targeted the orchestra, saying that it "could be considered lacking in all respects". [19]
On my first full day there, I fulfilled a life-long ambition to hear music, including Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica," in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, acoustically one of the most expressive ...
Symphony No. 5 (Glazunov) in B-flat major (Op. 55, Heroic) by Alexander Glazunov, 1895; Symphony No. 5 (Hanson) (Op.43, Sinfonia Sacra) by Howard Hanson, 1955; Symphony No. 5 (Harbison) by John Harbison, 2008; Symphony No. 5 (Harris) by Roy Harris, 1940–42, rev. 1945; Symphony No. 5 (Haydn) in A major (Hoboken I/5) by Joseph Haydn, 1760–62 ...
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Beethoven also seemed to have an interest in all current musical genres, including three piano concertos (the 2nd, in B-flat major, being a revised version of a piano concerto from his Bonn years), some violin and cello sonatas, and the Op.18 string quartets. [25]